Invopak has been supplying plastic, metal, and recycled containers for over 50 years.
The new factory makes tinplate packaging, and the firm took the major step of manufacturing its own packaging in response to post-Brexit supply chain issues and fluctuating exchange rates.
It represents a €5m investment, while the tinplate market in the UK is estimated at €200m.
The factory has been opened in Hyde, Manchester, next to the Involvement HQ, and features multiple production lines, enabling manufacture of the most in-demand tinplate products, such as lever lid tins and UN-approved rectangular cans.
Launch products are 2.5 and 5 ltr UN-approved cans, 2.5-litre lever lid tins and 5-litre lever lid tins.
Additionally, new partnerships associated with setting up the manufacturing business will provide access to the US market and deliver further global opportunities.
Arjen Cooper-Rolfe, owner, said: “We have built a fine business in Invopak through buying, storing and delivering high-quality products from UK and European manufacturers, and creating a focus on customer care way beyond anything experienced previously in this industry. Involvement’s more recent expansion into general fulfilment, IT and design has expanded our abilities and know-how still further.
“My father set up this business 50 years ago, in 1974, as a pioneering supplier of the brand-new packaging products then becoming available. We developed the emerging market here in the UK for plastic containers, supplying primarily the food, chemicals and coating industries.
“From the mid-90s, we got seriously into metal too, sourcing and supplying a growing UN Certified Tinplate range.”
